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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 1

Be itknown that I, FITCH, of Morristownfin the ccuntyof Shelby, nidhstate of Indiana, have invented a. nerr` and 'useful Improvement iu-Cordin'g Machines; and I do hereby declare that" the following Ais fai full, clear, and' exct `description thereof, reference -being had to .the accompanyingdrawings, forming purr. of

A this specification;

The natxire of this invention consistsvf'iu the construction and employment of 'a device und attached to a, woolechrding machine in such a. manner ais'to draw the electricity fromthe wool by'meune oi' conductors Aem ploy ed in close"proximity to the'roping. Wool' being yan electric, und consequently a. non-conductor, it follows that e sutlicientfrctioufisv produced hy the`condensing roller-eupon the rop-ing as it passes between them; (v vhen the l state of the atmosphere jisv'fevorble) 'to 'disturb' the electric equilibrium end the various strands 'or threads of rcping heine; in the sume electrical'stete, strongly repel each other or vnrenttracted by some parts of the machine,

so that theySpftcn'break or become so attenuated und irregular in size as to `ne uut for spinning.V Again, it is at fact well known-.tothe felectigician, that electricity is readily received upon sharp points of steel by induction, even at somedis'tlncefrom the'elctriied body. It is upon this principle my invention is constructed. These pointsA do',no t` tty .v'rithin un inch of the ropingnd yet the electricity is carried :muy eo that no eviden ce of its presencecobhfseexgvhcn the points are in position. It, ishowever, "essentiel, that they should be conueotedtoltlietraiueworh by o. goed conductor, nd presented toward the roping. -They muy he placed above or belowgthe raping.`- The" edicacy and utility of my invention are easily tested: When there seems to be un abundance ofwelectricity ih the uit', by turning the points away from the roping 'the' efecto-will be readily seen; -the roping` will:immediatelyl begin to yield to tho repulsion of the electric iiuid, but the instant the' points are again 1 brought linto positio, the equilibrium is restored; By my invention-this dihculty, heretofore encounteied,'.is

fully oliviuted. l p l I i To enable others skilled in the art to make und use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction und operation. v I 'l Figure 1- is c top plain vview of my improvement. I

Figure?. is a. crcssfsection of the same from the line 2: x. Letters. of like nume and kindrefer to-likcperts in erich of the iigures; A represents a rectangular frame made of wood, mounted und supported on' four posts-B B'B B1., Upon the said fraiiichblocics-, C 0,; tlrat are secured to the said frame, and in which runthe condensing rollers D D `D. E represents theroping that passes from the condensers on to the spool F.. The spool has ben-rings, and runs in two upright standards, G located and secured upon en end of the frame A. H is c shaft provided with journals that have bearing in the uprights I I. These uprights are secured to the blocks C C. The said shaft 'H is made of metul that is a-good conductor oi electricity, and 'is provided with steel pendent points, a, that Vcome inelose'proximity with the raping, und conduct the electricity from 'the w'ool, thus obvieting the diihculty heret'foreencounltered by the electricity in wool. Y Y

' 'l Hoving thus' described my invention, what I cluim'us new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. .The copdudto'r armed with slender pendent points presented tothe oping in rear ofthe condensing rollers, ,as herein shown' anddesrihed as and for the purpose specified.

2, The shaft H,.uprights I I, and pendent pointsa, in combination with the condensing rollers D D D,

spool F, and freine A, when constructed ond-arranged :is herein set forth und for the purpose specified.

o. F" FITCH. Witnesses' 3'. G. WOLF, D. S. MGAIUGHEY. 

